"Do nothing but do nothing", this is the life philosophy of contemporary young people

Recently, a new word on the Internet has quickly become popular, and it is "lying flat".

What is "lay flat"?

To the effect, it refers to a state of no desire and no desire, no matter what the other party's reaction, there is no wave in the heart, which is similar to the previous popular "mourning", "house" and "Buddha", and no longer boils with blood , thirst for success, this state and China's respected self-improvement seems to be contrary to.

Young people choose to lie flat, that is, they choose to go to the edge, beyond the mainstream paths of overtime, promotion, earning money, and buying a house, and use their own method to eliminate the external environment. Discipline of individuals, and it is said that many now The young people are all in the late stage of "lazy cancer", and the things that can be solved with the emoji package are resolutely not typing, eating and drinking by takeout, at home, etc. express ...

In the eyes of the "front wave" as a senior, the "back wave" is like this Very worrying . Therefore, many seniors were prepared to be reprimanded and educated, but they triggered a bigger counter-offensive online. In fact, we should dig deeper into the reasons why "laying flat" rises and why it is highly regarded by today's young people. It is not too late to find the real reason behind it!

1. The social roots of the rise of and :

The rise of the "laying family", if you dig deeper, there is actually a big social factor .

On the one hand, China is going through a transition period from to . With the slowdown of GDP and the in-depth adjustment of the industrial structure, the fierce competition in traditional industries has intensified , and this force will eventually be fed back to personal work "in ". The competitive pressure of curling ".

On the other hand, China's economic development in recent years has passed the stage of material pursuit, and the people's pursuit of a diversified lifestyle has become a new direction.People can selectively slow down and trade relatively comfortable ways of working for basic material living.

Therefore, born in the post-90s and post-00s generation in the Internet age, they are accustomed to not sticking to traditions, so they think of changing to a relaxed way of life, that is, "flat life".

But as the "front wave" of after the 70s and 0s of the older generation, in fact, there is no need to sneer, because as the post-70s and 80s still sitting at work, there are actually many who have lost their fighting spirit and deal with work negatively. By".

In fact, as an attitude to life in the new era, " learn lying flat" has countless fans around the world. For example, and in Japan, "low desire society" has become a social reality. Many young people in Japan consider themselves "abandoned houses" who do not consume, socialize, marry, or have children, which makes Japan's elite very worried. . They say that the DNA of Japanese young people has "mutated" and call on young people to find the spirit of struggle and struggle of the Showa era in Japan. Despite the theoretical shortcomings of a "low-desire society", Japan is still in good times, and the worries of the older generation of elites seem to be more unfounded.

If you look at the world, "lying flat" can actually be regarded as a development law. The European welfare society is actually a "flat society" in a sense, so there are "rich and progressive" countries such as , Germany, , etc. in Europe, as well as Greece, Italy and other countries that "advocate lying flat".

Just as economic development will have "peaks and valleys", with the progress of society, "lying flat" is likely to become a social trend of thought that competes with "struggle", forming a contradictory dialectical unity body.

In fact, before the word "laying flat" became popular, "laying flat" was a popular pursuit of China's wealthy class for many years, but the word did not exist at that time. The so-called " financial freedom ", isn't it "lying flat" after making a fortune? It’s just that the “laying flat” of financial freedom requires tens of millions of assets to support, so the previous “financial freedom lying flat” is destined to belong to only a few people.

Under the influence and changes of various social factors such as the epidemic and industrial upgrading, financial freedom for the middle-class class is becoming more and more like a " spiritual opium " like "kua father chasing the sun", so the middle class can only The next best thing is to achieve "discounted" financial freedom based on the premise of reducing material desires. This is exactly the "lying flat" of the middle class.

Second, "lying flat" is actually a philosophy of life

In fact, in this highly competitive age of involution, no one will worry about . Anxiety comes from comparing yourself with others. Anxiety comes from parents and leaders using traditional metrics to judge the gap between you and others. Sometimes even if you try your best, you are still left behind by others for a long distance, and the distance is getting bigger and bigger.

As a young and middle-aged post-80s generation, I feel more and more powerlessness and anxiety that are different from before. In the circle we live in, competition is everywhere, the first entrants have an absolute advantage, the late entrants do their best but can only drink soup, the gap between the classes, ordinary civilians hard to rely on to work hard and struggle to achieve can catch up.

The ancients have a saying: "God rewards hard work", but there is a saying behind the ancients: "Overwork is easy to die".Therefore, in fact, what young people say today is more about self-deprecation and decompression. After all, the long-term "996" struggle can easily end up taking your life in, so "work hard when you should work hard, relax when you should. "Relax when ", this is actually a kind of life philosophy with restraint.

And some so-called seniors do not understand young people's "spit" at all, and they evaluate it as "too high to talk about eating and waiting for death", and think that lying flat is "numbness", but in fact "numbness is a passive choice, And lying flat is an active choice.” So these seniors all want to teach young people a lesson, but they lack interest in life. After all, you can’t ask young people to keep running without resting on weekends. After all, people are not perpetual motion machines, and everyone needs to rest. We try our best to do what we need to do, and then we can lie down with peace of mind. This is the "relaxed and moderate" life rhythm .

Some people say: There is no "roll" in the world, and if there are more people who roll, it will be inward.

lying flat is a reasonable provocation for involution. Through self-active marginalization, is helpless to 's silent resistance. Therefore, lying flat can be regarded as a fresh philosophy of life that does not follow the trend.

3. The originator of China's lay-flat world -- Zhuangzi

The originator of China's lay-flat world is actually Zhuangzi in the Warring States Period thousands of years ago.

Zhuangzi said: " fights fire with fire , saves water with water, the name is Yiduo". It means: uses fire to put out the fire, not only can it not put out the fire, but it will make the fire more intense; if you use water to save the water, not only will the water not stop, but it will increase the waves of the water.

So in terms of doing things, the method is wrong, and the more you try, the more you fail.In many cases, success or failure is not about whether you work hard, but whether you choose the right direction. Instead of going in the opposite direction, instead of constantly rolling inwards, it is better to close your hands and lie down on the ground calmly.

Zhuangzi also said: "Those who are skillful work and those who know are worried; those who are incompetent have nothing to ask for. Those who are full and wandering are like a boat that is not tied, and those who are empty are wandering." People worry, and those who are incapable have no pursuit. Filled and wandering around like a boat that isn't anchored.

Zhuangzi has seen through life for a long time. Anyone who is tired of running for one's life is seeking death. All perseverance is a waste of life. People should conform to nature in this life.

In fact, even if our bodies lie flat, if we don't stop thinking, sooner or later, you will be pleasantly surprised. Lying flat does not mean not thinking about making progress, but no longer taking health and destiny seriously, living in a different way, and no longer putting too much pressure on yourself. It is a kind of helpless self-mockery, and it is also a kind of energy storage of " does nothing to rule ". Only in this way can we go more steadily and go further.

Fourth, moderately slow down the pace, let the flow take its course

Many so-called successful or elite people died young because of too much work.

If they were asked to do it all over again, maybe they would choose "staged flat".

People are flesh and blood, not Iron Man, and there will be a time difference between peaks and valleys in the state of people.

has been at the peak of high tension, it is easy to run out of energy and break, and it will be too late to regret it.

As a post-80s, in the stage of gradually getting closer to the age of 40, I have suffered a serious illness. I am no longer as hyperactive as before, and my mentality has begun to be in a state of "lying flat". Lose yourself in the atmosphere of blind comparison.

As civilians, we have a very low chance of changing our lives against the sky. It is better to relax our mind, move forward steadily, and let nature take its course!

Conclusion:

Some people say: lying flat is helpless and silent resistance.

But I think: lying flat is actually an safe after hard work, indifference after reading a thousand sails, it is not so much a dejected lifestyle, but a free and open-minded attitude towards life! Lying flat seems to be a compromise and giving up, but in fact it is more like breaking down the ceiling, rebelling and coercing in a way of inaction.

So, if you're already tired, why not lie down and rest for a while. Everyone has their own rhythm of progress, follow their own rhythm, don't let others cause chaos, " do nothing but do nothing for ", maybe you are a late bloomer!